The comments were shocking, inappropriate and wrong, parents told The Jersey Journal today as they met up with their kids at dismissal time. But one parent, Bernadette Williams, said she doesn’t see what all the fuss is about.

“He’s a nice guy. He’s down to Earth,” said Williams, who was picking up her 7-year-old daughter after school. “He jokes around a lot.”

The comments, featured on principal Donald Howard Jr.'s Facebook page, referenced 1993 film "Falling Down," which featured Michael Douglas as a Los Angeles man who goes on a violent rampage. Under a photo of Douglas holding a rifle, comments attributed to Howard read, "This is how my work mode is about to flip."

A separate comment read that some "would be wise" to steer clear of him.

Roxie Callero, mother of two small children who attend School 34, located on Kennedy Boulevard in the city’s Greenville section, called the comments “inappropriate.”

“I’m not happy with him,” Bailey said, referring to Howard. “He’s allowed to joke, but we have to worry about people coming into the school, strangers … we have to now worry about principals and teachers in the school? Not good.”

A teacher who asked not to be identified last week told The Jersey Journal that Howard was not punished for the comments, other than being forced to delete them. District spokeswoman Maryann Dickar declined to discuss the subject, other than saying the district’s action was “appropriate” and Howard’s comments were “inappropriate.”

Howard declined to comment to The Jersey Journal.

One man who saw a reporter with the newspaper speaking to parents outside School 34 today said there are “two sides” to every story and the newspaper should report them. He declined to give his name or say whether he was a parent or a School 34 teacher.